1. reading (I)
colours and moods

2. calm
What’s your feeling now?

3. warm

4. calm room
warm room

5. How many kinds of colours are talked about in the text? What are they?
Task for 1st reading
How many kinds of colours are talked about in the text? What are they?
Four. Calm colours, warm colours, energetic colours and strong colours.

6. Kinds of colours Different colours Calm colours blue and white
While listening, try to find out what colours belong to calm colours, warm colours, energetic colours and strong colours.
Kinds of colours
Different colours
Calm colours
blue and white
Warm colours
orange and yellow
Energetic colours
green
Strong colours
red

7. What does each colour represent?
Task for 2nd reading
What does each colour represent?

8. What the colours represent
Wisdom
Growth
Power
Purity
Joy
Calm
A: What does blue represent?
B: Blue represents calm.

9. Calm colours blue feel calm, peaceful, sad
be good for the mind and body
create the feeling
of harmony

10. Calm colours
white
purity:
feel calm; peaceful
the colour of
purity

11. Warm colours orange feel warm; a happy and satisfied feeling;
Joy:
feel warm; a happy
and satisfied feeling;
bring you success and
cheer you up

12. Warm colours yellow remind you of a warm, sunny day;
wisdom:
remind you of a
warm, sunny day;
the colour of wisdom

13. Energetic colours green growth: give energy; the colour of nature;
new life and growth;
the colour of envy

14. Strong colours red the colour of heat power and strong feelings;
help you take action and make a decision

15. T or F Different colours may represent different characteristics.
Blue is a calm colour. It can creat the feeling of joy.
White will make you feel stressed.
Orange and yellow are warm colours.
If you feel tired or week, you should
wear green.
Red represents a strong feeling, it
can help you take actions. T F F T T T

16. strong represent blue harmony sadness calm white calm, peace, purity
orange
joy
success
warm
yellow
warmth
wisdom
new life and growth
energetic
green
nature, envy
heat
strong
red
power ,strong feelings

17. This article tells us something about the relationship(关系) between ________ and ________. _______ and ________ are calm colours because they make you feel calm and ________. Blue can also represent _______, and white is the colour of ________. ________ represents joy, and ________ is the colour of intelligence(聪明才智) and ________. They are ________ colours. ________ is an energetic colour. It represents new life and ________ as it is the colour of ________.It is also the colour of ________. Red is a ________ colour. It represents ________, ________ and strong feelings.
colours
moods
Blue
white
peaceful
sadness
purity
yellow
Orange
wisdom
warm
Green
growth
nature
envy
strong
power
heat

18. The best colours for Millie’s friends
Your advice is important !
The best colours for Millie’s friends
I think the best colour to represents Lisa is ________. She is always in the library and she often gets good marks in tests.
Daniel’s colour must be ______. He can help people calm down when they are angry.
I think Sandy should use the colour _______ more. She worries a lot and often gets stressed.
Paul’s colour should be _____. He has a strong personality and likes to be the leader.
I think Kitty should use the colour ______ when she feels tired or weak. It can give her energy when she dances.
yellow
blue
white
red
green

19. What’s your favourite colour?
My favourite colour is______.
It represents_____________.
I like it because __________.
I am ____________(your characteristics).
I think /don’t think my favourite colour matches my characteristics .

20. Homework
1.Write a short passage about your parents’ favourite colours and their characteristics.
2.Search the Internet for some interesting phrases about colours, such as
green fingers 园艺能手 green hand 新手 black sheep 败家子 black horse 黑马 black coffee 黑咖啡 a white lie 善意的谎言
blue day 忧郁的日子 blue collar 蓝领

21. Thank you